I.G.T 8/2/15 Wash @ Mets Syndergaard v. Zimmerman

[metirish]

What a weekend , great stuff, love how Thor beared down after the early HR ....

[Edgy MD]

Keep in mind, this home stand opened with John Mayberry, Jr. batting cleanup and the Mets roundly mocked.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Keep in mind, this home stand opened with John Mayberry, Jr. batting cleanup and the Mets roundly mocked.

And Lucas mired in a ridiculous and seemingly never-ending slump.

[metirish]

I love Jim Duquette on the post game , very insightful

[Guest themetfairy]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:

I love that beautiful old man!

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Zvon wrote: The crowd chanting "We want 1st place!" I love it

Or possibly "We want breadsticks!" according to the WOR booth.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: 2) I can't decide if I like the fake umpires. I'm leaning toward liking them because they are good. They've got all the moves down pat. I want to see them run Harper. I think they're hysterical. Not sure exactly where that started, but the throwing the ball back pantomime is great. I like that there are two of them, and they are in perfect synch. It's like synchronized swimming without the nose clamps and make-up.

Those two guys were in our section for the game in SF a few weeks ago. Very funny.

[Ceetar]

Good series all. Good job. Feel free to treat yourself to a fish fry for dinner tomorrow night.

[G-Fafif]

Mets haven't held a share of first place this late in the season since right this freaking minute.

[Gwreck]

Fantastic game.
No, Citi Field doesn't shake, and probably never will. It does get loud though, and it was revelation to see this kind of crowd at an August game in this park.

Fans had lots of fun taunting Harper as the game went on. I also enjoyed the "you are out" chant while Lobaton stood around at first base waiting for the umpires to finish the video review.

Mets now selling a great merchandise item: a foam Hammer, with 34 on one side and the Mets logo on the other. I was also encouraged to see people walking around with Cespedes 52 shirts already.

[TransMonk]

I can't remember feeling this good about a series in many, many years. What a weekend!

[Ceetar]

[u:9q60wdbj]Bryce Harper Facts
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Bryce Harper's homered in 10 different ballparks this season, but not Citi Field.

Bryce Harper's .576 OPS at Citi Field this season is the lowest of any of the 15th parks he's played in.

The career leaders in Striking Out Bryce Harper are Matt Harvey, R.A. Dickey and Antonio Bastardo with 7

There is only one pitcher in the game that Bryce Harper has faced more than 9 times who he doesn't have a hit against...Matt Harvey.

In 26 career PA against Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia, Bryce Harper has 12 Ks, 3 BB, and ZERO hits.

[Edgy MD]

That said, the fans taunting Harper the way they were doing was terrifying.

[Zvon]

The charity with the fake umps is UMPS CARE (helping people is an easy call).

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/tim-williams-4/the-real-fake-umpires

[TransMonk]

Lefty Specialist wrote: ESPNinnies completely ignored Rendon's double while they yammered on. Fortunately nothing else happened.

One of the downfalls of calling the game from the left field bleachers is that they just aren't used to calling a game from that vantage point. I'm thinking they thought it was foul and continued yammering about whatever they were yammering about.

The ESPN crew was tolerable...mostly because they were GUSHING about the Mets all night. It's been a long time since that has happened.

[Lefty Specialist]

Edgy MD wrote: That said, the fans taunting Harper the way they were doing was terrifying.

I was thinking that, too. The last thing you want is a Bryce Harper strongly motivated to kick your ass.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: 2) I can't decide if I like the fake umpires. I'm leaning toward liking them because they are good. They've got all the moves down pat. I want to see them run Harper. I think they're hysterical. Not sure exactly where that started, but the throwing the ball back pantomime is great. I like that there are two of them, and they are in perfect synch. It's like synchronized swimming without the nose clamps and make-up. Those two guys were in our section for the game in SF a few weeks ago. Very funny.

139 years of Major League Baseball, and no one thought to do this until now.

[Ceetar]

Josh Lewin's calls were great. Just listened to them on MLB.tv since I have an at-bat account. (they're in the regular game highlights too, the must-c part.)

Murphy's: "He creams it to right. There it goes! Are you kidding? It's gone again! 3-1 NY. Back to back pitches into an exploding upper deck."

[Edgy MD]

Josh's work this last week has put him in serious danger of becoming Howie's equal or superior in my heart.

[Centerfield]

Yeah. I love our radio team.

I'll grumble about the owners all day, but we have the best broadcasters in the world.

I mean, except maybe that Scully guy.

[Edgy MD]

Matt Williams' performance in the weekend series has him in everybody's crosshairs.

It's unforgivable to go into a series this big and lose two one run games where the Mets scored the winning run in their final at bat without your top two relievers getting on the field at some point!

[Frayed Knot]

A less strident/more analytical look on the same story here

Couple observations:
1) I'm surprised anyone (besides us) noticed because I figured that once training camps opened that all Washington Post sports reporters were transferred over the the Redskins beat
2) The biggest off-season move that Rizzo made (aside from signing Scherzer) was dealing Clip-Art away for Yunel Escobar and allowing Rafael Soriano to walk. Both were good moves on the whole but they also knew it came at the expense of bullpen depth which getting Casey Janssen alone wasn't going to fix.
3) But then once you go out and get Papelbon there's no excuse not to use him and/or Storen at some point in those games - although Williams is hardly the only manager who makes a habit of 'saving' his back-end guys for the lead protecting inning that never comes.